[Area] 51,100 square kilometers.

[Population] 5,213,400 (2022). Whites and Indo-Europeans make up 95% of the population, blacks make up 3%, indigenous Indians make up about 0.5%, and other ethnic groups make up 1.5%.

[Capital] San José, with an area of 4,966 square kilometers and a population of 1.63 million, is the capital. The average temperature in the hottest month (July) is 21-27°C, and the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is 9-26°C. [General information] San José is located in the southern part of Central America.

[Brief description] It is located in the southern part of Central America. The Caribbean Sea borders it to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Nicaragua to the north, and Panama to the southeast. The coastline is 1,200 kilometers long.

Originally inhabited by Indians, it was taken as a Spanish colony in 1564, declared independence on September 15, 1821, joined the Central American Federation in 1823, and withdrew in 1838; on August 30, 1848, it was established as a republic. (Source: Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China:https://www.mfa.gov.cn/web/gjhdq_676201/gj_676203/bmz_679954/)